Comparing the Years of Precipitation Worksheet

YOUR TASK FOR THIS GRAPHING EXERCISE INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING:

• 1)ON THE EXCEL GRAPHING PROGAM, PLOT A GRAPH COMPARING THE FOLLOWING YEARS OF PRECIPITATION: 1899, 1950 & 2015. IN THIS GRAPH SHOW THE BEST STRAIGHT LINE FOR EACH YEAR, AND PROPOSE A CONCLUSION TO THE DATA ON THE BASIS OF RAINFALL, WHETHER THERE IS AN INCREASE, DECREASE OR NO CHANGE. COMMENT ON IF THERE WERE RAINIER MONTHS THAN OTHERS.
• 2)ON GRAPHING PAPER USING A PENCIL, PLOT THE GRAPH COMPARING THE FOLLOWING YEARS OF PRECIPITATION: 1920, 1970 AND 1990. IN THIS GRAPH ALSO SHOW THE BEST STRAIGHT LINE FOR EACH YEAR BY YOUR GUESTIMATION, AND PROPOSE A CONCLUSION TO THE DATA ON THE BASIS OF RAINFALL, WHETHER THERE IS AN INCREASE, DECREASE OR NO CHANGE. COMMENT ON IF THERE WERE RAINIER MONTHS THAN OTHERS.
• 3)AFTERWARDS, COMMENT IN YOUR CONCLUSION SECTION ON WHICH TECHNIQUE (EXCEL GRAPHING VS. PENCIL AND GRAPH PAPER) WAS EASIEST TO USE, WHICH WAS THE MOST ACCURATE, WHICH YOU LEARNED THE MOST FROM AND, COMPARING EXCEL GRAPHING DATA TO PENCIL-GRAPHING PAPER DATA, WHETHER THERE WAS AN INCREASE, DECREASE OR NO CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TOTALS FORM EACH GRAPH.